About Doswell Foundation
The Doswell Foundation concentrates its funding on direct-service organizations addressing substance use recovery, homelessness/transitional services, and basic social supports in the Dallas area. Grants are predominantly large, unrestricted operational awards to a small number of local providers, with several repeat investments in addiction-recovery programs. The foundation also supports local institutional partners (e.g., Texas Woman’s University) that strengthen health and human service capacity.
Focus Areas
Substance use disorder recovery programs and residential treatment (e.g., Nexus Recovery Center, Twelfth Step Ministries)Homelessness and transitional housing/services (e.g., The Bridge)Local emergency social services and basic needs providers (e.g., Salvation Army)Health and human services capacity-building through regional higher education partner (Texas Woman’s University)
Who They Fund
people in recovery from substance use disordersindividuals experiencing homelessness / transitional housing residentslow-income individuals and families needing emergency/basic needs
About Doswell Foundation
Doswell Foundation’s largest recent award was a $2,053,487 operations grant to Nexus Recovery Center in 2025, a clear signal that the foundation prioritizes major operating support for Dallas-area direct-service providers. Its recent giving centers on substance use recovery, homelessness and transitional housing, and basic social supports, with several organizations receiving repeat support across multiple years. The pattern is not limited to one service line: the foundation also backs child welfare, elder services, arts institutions, and select educational and capacity-building partners. Recent grants show a concentrated local portfolio built around organizations serving people in crisis. The Salvation Army and The Bridge each appear more than once, and Dallas-based providers such as Twelfth Step Ministries, Dallas Casa, Hope Cottage, and Dallas Children’s Advocacy receive meaningful operational awards. The foundation also made a $750,000 operations grant to Texas Woman’s University in 2025, and it has supported Texas Tech Health Sciences Center in both 2023 and 2025. Across the grant list, awards are overwhelmingly for operations rather than project-specific work, suggesting an emphasis on sustaining core services and organizational capacity.
What Doswell Foundation Funds
In substance use recovery, Doswell Foundation backed Nexus Recovery Center with $2,053,487 in 2025 and also granted $575,000 to Nexus in 2023, alongside $270,000 to Twelfth Step Ministries in 2025. That repeated support points to a sustained interest in residential treatment and recovery services. For homelessness and transitional housing, the foundation gave $400,000 to The Bridge in 2023 and $300,000 in 2025, indicating ongoing operating support for a Dallas service provider. Emergency and family-support work also appears in the record: Salvation Army received $725,000 in 2023 and $125,000 in 2025, while Dallas Children’s Advocacy received $150,000 in 2025 after a $150,000 grant in 2023. The foundation also funds institutional capacity. Texas Woman’s University received a $750,000 operations grant in 2025, and Texas Tech Health Sciences Center was supported in both 2023 and 2025 with $100,000 grants.
How Doswell Foundation Gives
Doswell Foundation’s recent grants cluster around the middle and upper-middle range: the typical grant size is $13,750 at the 25th percentile, $57,500 at the median, and $147,176 at the 75th percentile. The recent record also includes several much larger operating awards, showing a mix of smaller community grants and large capacity-support grants. Giving appears repeated rather than one-off for multiple recipients, including organizations that appear in both 2023 and 2025. The foundation does not fund individuals and is not making program-related investments, and the grants listed are operations-focused.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$4.3M
Total Assets
$25M
Total Revenue
$2.9M
Total Expenses
$5M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $14K and $147K, with a median of $58K.
25th Percentile
$14K
Median
$58K
75th Percentile
$147K
Geographic Reach
Local2 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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